Exhaust in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Exhaust debuted in Aetherdrift and immediately showed back up in Avatar: The Last Airbender the same year. It looks like it’ll become a deciduous mechanic, and it’s pretty easy to understand.
Read more
Earthbending in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Avatar’s earthbending mechanic is capable of making the land fight for you, like a big chunk of animated rock.
Read more
Hexproof in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Magic is a game where words are very important. Cards have what we know as “keyword abilities” to help make them easier to grasp. I dare say that hexproof is easily one of the most well-known ones.
Read more
Manifest and Manifest Dread in MTG: Rules, History, and FAQ
Manifest was originally an offshoot of morph in the Khans of Tarkir block, but now we’re so far along in Magic that the offshoots have offshoots! Manifest got an upgrade in Duskmourn with manifest dread.
Read more
Cycling in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
While there have been a multitude of cycling cards that also affect Constructed, cycling can help create compelling games in Limited, ensuring you can find lands early and dig towards action late.
Read more
Foretell in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
The idea that an event is destined to happen and the struggle to avoid or accept it plays into the narratives of a lot of my favorite heroes, which is why I was delighted to see these concepts implemented in Kaldheim with the foretell...
Read more
Firebending in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Firebending is the elemental bending art dominated by the Fire Nation, the main antagonists in Avatar: The Last Airbender. In MTG terms, firebending is a very red ability associated with the production of red mana while you attack.
Read more
Airbending in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
MTG reflects the airbending ability well, a tempo mechanic that allows you to get rid of big, expensive permanents on the battlefield, reset your own cards, or disrupt counter synergies.
Read more
Waterbending in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Each bending mechanic comes with their own philosophies, which will be key to adapt them well. Let’s review waterbending to understand how the mechanic works and whether it does justice to the story!
Read more
All 308 Creature Types in Magic, and: Which is the Best?
Creature types in MTG started as a mere detail in the card’s layout. But today the first thing you look at when you see a new card is probably the creature type.
Read more
Finality Counters in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
It’s more of a new way to handle an existing ability that we’ve seen fairly frequently. But having the ability as part of a counter (as opposed to being meshed into the card’s rules text) adds a subtle layer of strategy. WotC...
Read more
Dungeons in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Dungeons in MTG! They’ve always been a thing in D&D. It’s right in the name: Dungeons & Dragons. But now they’re in Magic, too. But what do dungeons actually do? How do they work, how do you use them, and how do you survive them?
Read more